• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 11, Issue 3, 431 (2023)
Fan Huang1, Quan Xu1、4、*, Wanying Liu1, Tong Wu1, Jianqiang Gu1、5、*, Jiaguang Han1、2, and Weili Zhang3
Author Affiliations
  • 1Center for Terahertz Waves and College of Precision Instrument and Optoelectronics Engineering, Tianjin University and Key Laboratory of Optoelectronics Information and Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin 300072, China
  • 2Guangxi Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Processing, School of Optoelectronic Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, China
  • 3School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, USA
  • 4e-mail: quanxu@tju.edu.cn
  • 5e-mail: gjq@tju.edu.cn
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.476120 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Fan Huang, Quan Xu, Wanying Liu, Tong Wu, Jianqiang Gu, Jiaguang Han, Weili Zhang. Generating superposed terahertz perfect vortices via a spin-multiplexed all-dielectric metasurface[J]. Photonics Research, 2023, 11(3): 431 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Perfect optical vortices (POVs), characterized as a ring radius independent of topological charge (TC), possess extensive application in particle manipulation and optical communication. At present, the complex and bulky optical device for generating POVs has been miniaturized by leveraging the metasurface, and either spin-dependent or spin-independent POV conversions have been further accomplished. Nevertheless, it is still challenging to generate superposed POVs for incidences with orthogonal circular polarization. Here, a spin-multiplexed all-dielectric metasurface method for generating superposed POVs in the terahertz frequency range is proposed and demonstrated. By using the multiple meta-atom comprised structure as the basic unit, the complex amplitude of two superposed POVs is modulated, decoupled, and subsequently encoded to left- and right-handed circular polarization incidences. Furthermore, two kinds of metasurfaces are fabricated and characterized to validate this controlling method. It is demonstrated that the measured intensity and phase distributions match well with the calculation of the Rayleigh–Sommerfeld diffraction integral, and the radius of superposed POVs is independent of TCs. This work provides promising opportunities for developing ultracompact terahertz functional devices applied to complex structured light generation and terahertz communication, and exploring sophisticated spin angular momentum and orbital angular momentum interactions like the photonic spin-Hall effect.
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    TRL=(T+++T--)+i(T+T+),(C2)

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    E2(x,y)eiφ2(x,y)=cos(φM2φS22)ei(φM2+φS22)=eiφM2+eiφS22.(D2)

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    |Eout=η1|Ein+ηRei2θ|RCP+ηLei2θ|LCP,(E1)

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    ηL2=|[(TxTyeiς)/2]Ein|RCP|2.(E3)

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    Fan Huang, Quan Xu, Wanying Liu, Tong Wu, Jianqiang Gu, Jiaguang Han, Weili Zhang. Generating superposed terahertz perfect vortices via a spin-multiplexed all-dielectric metasurface[J]. Photonics Research, 2023, 11(3): 431
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